MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The Concordia University track & field team saw its first NCAA provisional mark of the season posted this afternoon when Domonique Gilmer blew away the school's record in the 400 meter dash with a time of 48.86 seconds. Gilmer won the event at the Minnesota Open (U of M), finishing ahead of all other athletes, including University of Minnesota sprinters. The combined men's and women's squads set 24 new personal records at the meet.
Gilmer's (Jr., Minneapolis, Minn. / Iowa Central CC) time not only shatters the former CU best time of 49.22s, but also gives him great positioning in the nation's top performance lists. According to results reported at the time of posting, Gilmer's time is the second best in the nation this season, just shades off of Steve Banton's (Lincoln) best time of 48.40 (converted time). A provisional mark qualifies an athlete for the NCAA Championships in mid-March, where the top marks are chosen to fill a field. Gilmer still has plenty of opportunities to reach the automatic-qualifying time of 48.30s and be guaranteed a spot in the final meet.
The Golden Bears had other standout performances at the meet this afternoon, including a new school record set by Kaysee Nesmoe (Jr., Mountain Lake, Minn.) in the shot put. Nesmoe bested her own record-holding mark in the event with a throw of 41 feet, 5.25 inches, good for third place at the meet. The junior holds both of Concordia's indoor throwing records.
Concordia won two jumping events at the meet, one on the men's side and one on the women's. Diahn Zeon (So., Edina, Minn.) went 22 feet, 11.75 inches in the long jump to take the prize, while Sarah Perryman (Sr., Jordan, Minn.) won the triple jump with 36 feet, 5 inches.
Another very strong performance was put forth by the men's 4x400 relay team. Their time of 3:22.50 was just two seconds off of the school record in the event. Gilmer opened the relay, followed by Anthony Bos (Fr., Freedom, Wis.), Brian Kohlman (Jr., Kiel, Wis.) and the trail brought in by Jordan Haroldson (Fr., Kiester, Minn.).
Minnesota Open Meet Results
University of Minnesota
Saturday, January 16
Pole Vault
Jayme Wyss 11-2 ¼ (8th place)
Adam LeMay 14-8 (6th place)
Weight Throw
Justin Franke 45-5 ¼ (PR)
Kaysee Nesmoe 48-8 ¾ (2nd place)
Jatonna Freeman-Andrews 38-5 ½ (PR)
Shot Put
Kaysee Nesmoe 41-5 ¼ (NEW INDOOR SCHOOL RECORD, 3rd place, PR)
Britt Bickert 35-10 (9th place, PR)
Jatonna Freeman-Andrews 35-3 ¼ (PR)
Nate Thienes 44-8 ¼ (6th place, PR)
Justin Franke 37-4 ½
Andy Wischnewski 33-1 ¾
Will Lange 30-6 ½
Long Jump
Katie Johnson 16-8 ¼ (2nd place)
Heather Schmit 15-7 ¾ (3rd place, PR)
Rachel Taylor 13-1 ¾
Diahn Zeon 22-11 ¾ (1st place)
John Pimental 21-9 (5th place)
Chris Flaten 16-4 ½ (PR)
Triple Jump
Sarah Perryman 36-5 (1st place)
Chris Kotlarek 38-8 ¾ (4th place)
High Jump
Hayley Reed 4-9 ½ (8th place)
60 Meter Hurdles
Zach Pederson 8.94
Andy Chaussee 9.79
60 Meter Dash
Diahn Zeon 7.00 (prelim)
6.96 (final) (3rd place)
Robert Spence 7.08 (prelim)
7.11 (final) (7th place)
John Pimental 7.13 (prelim)
7.20 (final) (8th place)
Jordan Johnson 7.18
Sarah Perryman 8.26 (prelim)
8.22 (final ) (3rd place, PR)
Heather Schmit 8.31 (prelim) (PR)
8.35 (final) (4th place)
Britt Bickert 8.48
Adrianna Suttle 8.59
1 Mile Run
Travis Wagers 4:58.73
400 Meter Dash
Domonique Gilmer 48.86 (NCAA PROVISIONAL QUALIFYING MARK, NEW INDOOR SCHOOL
RECORD, 1st place, PR)
Brian Kohlman 51.16 (4th place, PR)
Anthony Bos 51.88 (6th place)
Chris Kotlarek 54.70 (8th place)
Katie Johnson 1:02.39 (4th place)
Nacole Kiss 1:04.10 (8th place, PR)
Brittany Dohmen 1:04.37 (9th place, PR)
Rachel Vrudny 1:05.74 (PR)
800 Meter Run
Jordan Haroldson 2:05.21 (5th place)
Kenzie Tenter-Fox 2:59.28 (4th place, PR)
600 Meter Run
Andy Wacha 1:26.01 (PR)
200 Meter Dash
Brittany Dohmen 28.13 (PR)
Rachel Taylor 28.81 (PR)
Hayley Reed 29.24 (PR)
Rachel Vrudny 29.26
Adrianna Suttle 29.34
Dylan Enderlein 23.50
Kevin Koglin 24.01
Robert Spence 24.70
3000 Meter Run
Jake Womeldorf 9:27.99 (8th place, PR)
Dan Schield 9:45.10
4x400 Meter Relay
Domonique Gilmer 49.4 (PR)
Anthony Bos 50.1 (PR)
Brian Kohlman 51.7
Jordan Haroldson 51.1 (PR)
Total 3:22.50 (2nd place)
Chris Kotlarek 54.7
Zach Pederson 52.8 (PR)
Andy Wacha 53.5 (PR)
Travis Wagers 57.1
Total 3:38.22 (7th place)
Andy Chaussee 56.2
Kevin Koglin 56.0 (PR)
Will Lange 62.2 (PR)
Jake Womeldorf 57.2
Total 3:51.87 (9th place)
